Guamba is an album by American jazz bassist Gary Peacock, with saxophonist Jan Garbarek, trumpeter Palle Mikkelborg, and drummer Peter Erskine, recorded in 1987 and released on the ECM label.[1][2]

Guamba
Studio album by
Released1987
RecordedMarch 1987
GenreJazz
Length44:22
LabelECM
ProducerManfred Eicher
Gary Peacock chronology
Voice from the Past – Paradigm
(1982)
Guamba
(1987)
Partners
(1989)

Reception edit

The Allmusic review by Ron Wynn awarded the album 4 stars stating "Good late '80s session... The only defect comes from ECM's occasional tendency to introduce New Age themes and production values into the mix".[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings    [4]
Tom Hull – on the WebB+ (   )[5]

Track listing edit

All compositions by Gary Peacock except as indicated
  1. "Guamba" - 3:09
  2. "Requiem" - 7:10
  3. "Celina" - 4:13
  4. "Thyme Time" (Peter Erskine, Gary Peacock) - 5:25
  5. "Lila" - 13:04
  6. "Introending" - 3:43
  7. "Gardenia" - 8:07
  • Recorded at Rainbow Studio in Oslo, Norway in March 1987.

Personnel edit

References edit

  1. ^ ECM discography accessed September 28, 2011
  2. ^ "Gary Peacock Catalog". jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  3. ^ a b Wynn, R. Allmusic Review accessed September 29, 2011
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1137. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. ^ Hull, Tom (September 8, 2020). "Music Week". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved September 9, 2020.